# Amputations at Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC
> OSHA SIR `20221210528` · 12/2/2022 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLC
- **Location:** 690 East Kenwood Avenue, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 423860
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 2, 2022, an employee was removing sand from the drum of the sand separator when he noticed a pry bar going into the drum. Upon grabbing the prybar, his left ring finger was pinched between the pry bar and a part of the equipment. He was hospitalized and the left ring fingertip was surgically amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*